Foldable carrier



June 1, 1954 LEGGETT FOLDABLE CARRIER Filed Oct. 23, 1952 MlscnuusousHEIRS INCUMING MAIL /rq Leggez f INVENTOR.

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Patented June 1, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOLDABLE CARRIER Ira.Leggett, Baxley, Ga.

Application October 23, 1952, Serial No. 316,342

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrefinements in carriers, and the principal object of the invention is toprovide a carrier of the character herein described, which may beconveniently and eifectively employed by mailmen on rural delivery foraccommodating in a neatly arranged fashion various types of cards,folders, envelopes, stamps, and other similar articles which ruralmailmen ordinarily carry with them.

An important feature of the invention resides in the construction of thecarrier which includes a plurality of individual pockets adapted toreceive the various items above outlined, while another feature of theinvention resides in its foldability to a compact, conveniently portableform.

some of th advantages of the invention lie in its simplicity ofconstruction, in its expeditious and convenient operation, in itspleasing appearance and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement andconstruction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention in its fully opened position.

Figur 2 is a vertical sectional View taken substantially in the plane ofthe line 2-2 in Figure 1. Y

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View taken substantially in the planeof the line 3-3 in Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the carrier in its folded position.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention is acarrier which is designated generally by the reference character if! andembodies in its construction a strip of flexible material i2 on which issuperposed a relatively narrower strip M. The side and bottom edges ofthe strip M are stitched as at E6 to the corresponding sid and bottomedges of the strip 12, and vertical lines of stitching l8 are alsoextending through the two strips so as to define therebetween aplurality of pockets 20. These pockets are open at the top thereof andare adapted to receive suitable articles therein, as exemplified by theindicia 22 which may be printed on the strip l2 above the respectivepockets.

The strip 52 includes what may be called an intermediate portion I2a anda pair of end portions lZb, each of these portions accommodatinggenerally two of the pockets and each portion being provided at itsupper edge with a handle 2 A flexible panel 26 is stitched at 28 to thelower edge of the intermediate portion i211, and an additional pocket 36is provided on the panel 2t, as will be clearly apparent.

The entire carrier may b conveniently folded by first folding the panel26 upon the intermediate portion I 2a and then folding the two endportions l2?) in superposed relation on the panel 26, as shown in Figure4.

In that position the three handles 24 will be juxtaposed andsubstantially in register, so that by grasping all the handles at thesame time, th carrier may be conveniently handled and at the same timeretained in its closed position.

From the foregoing, th construction and operation of the device will bereadily understood and further explanation is believed to beunnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction shown and described, andaccordingly all suitable modifica-= tions and equivalents may beresorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A foldable carrier comprising an elongated strip of material having top,bottom and end edges, respectively, and embodying an intermediate andend portions, a relatively narrower strip of material coextensive inlength with the first strip having a bottom and end edges, stitched tothe bottom and end edges of the first strip and further stitched to saidfirst strip transversely to provide a pair of side by side pockets onthe intermediate and each end portion of the first strip spaceddownwardly on said first strip, said. end portions being foldable onsaid intermediate portion to fold the pockets thereon in pairs intooverlapping relation over the pairs of pockets of the intermediatportion, and a panel stitched to the bottom edge of the first stripbetween said end portions for folding over said intermediate portion andembodying a single pocket of the same width as the combined widths ofthe pair of pockets on said intermediate portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 36,710 Hamlin Oct. 21, 1862 1,715,752 Grifiin et a1 June 4,1929 2,631,632 Leachman Mar. 17, 1953

